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Meanings of comendador in English

Portuguese
comendador
Catalan
comanador
Spanish
comendador militar

Charge that had the mission of providing military security to the serfs entrusted to him.

        Related terms
        comendador
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        Examples for "commander"
        Examples for "commander"
        1
        The commander did invaluable work in the Kosovo crisis, Mr Lockhart said.
        The Irish Times
        2
        He said, 'Her commander is a friend of Sir Richard's, I believe?'
        The Darkening Sea
        3
        Joining us is the Far North area police commander, Inspector Chris Scahill.
        Radio NZ
        4
        A local military commander visited the club this week to offer support.
        Reuters
        5
        However, an Iranian commander said Tehran was prepared to do it again.
        Reuters
        Usage of comendador in English
        1
        The person selected was Don Nicolas de Ovando, comendador of Lares, of the military order of Alcantara.
        The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic ...
        2
        Bobadilla was a stern and rigorous churchman, comendador, or commander, of one of the famous religious-military orders in Spain.
        Christopher Columbus
        3
        Diego replied that the prisoners were held by order of the viceroy, and that the viceroy's authority was higher than the comendador's.
        Christopher Columbus
        4
        The comendador had been brutal, it is true; but it was not true that he had gone beyond the extent of his commission.
        Christopher Columbus
        5
        El Comendador's people tied their adversary, while their enemies tied one of his men.
        De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
        6
        El Comendador's champions repeated the invocation, "St. Mary, help me, St. Mary, help me!"
        De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
        7
        This miracle struck terror into the Comendador's enemies, and they recognised that the zemes of the Virgin was more powerful than their own.
        De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
        8
        This devil sought to untie the young man who was acting as his champion, but at the first invocation of the Comendador the Virgin appeared.
        De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) / The Eight Decades of Peter Marty...
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        Translations for comendador
        Portuguese
        comendador
        Comendador through the time